Nonpowder guns kill an average of four Americans yearly, and from 1990 to 2000, there were 39 such deaths — 32 of children younger than 15, according to a report in November's issue of Pediatrics.

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The report, published Monday, comes just two weeks after the BB gun death of an 8-year-old South Carolina boy accidentally killed by a 13-year-old friend. The pellet pierced the boy's heart, said Richland County Coroner Gary Watts.

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"These are not the kinds of BB guns that I grew up with," Watts said. Today's BB guns "are extremely high-powered," and some can shoot with a velocity nearly matching a .22 caliber rifle, Watts said.

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Nonpowder guns include powerful air rifles introduced in the 1970s and paintball pistols used in war games. They're sometimes described as fake guns and often given to children - http://en.search.wordpress.com/?q=children as gifts, but the report says they can cause internal injuries.

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Nationally, an estimated 21,840 injuries related to nonpowder guns were treated in emergency departments in 2000 — most in children aged 5 to 14, according to the report prepared by the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Injury, Violence and Prevention

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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 19,163 nonpowder gun injuries last year

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Most states have laws or regulations governing nonpowder guns. New York's is one of the strictest, prohibiting the purchase or 추천출장샵 - https://www.anmastar.com/%ec%b6%98%ec%b2%9c%ec%b6%9c%ec%9e%a5%ec%83%b5%c... unsupervised use by someone younger than 16 years, the Pediatrics report sai

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While some models of air guns and BB guns are marketed specifically to youngsters, manufacturers and sellers also stress that they should be handled like legitimate firearm

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The gun involved in the South Carolina shooting was a present from the older boy's parents, who had hoped it would lift his spirits after his own brother's recent death in a car accident, Watts sai

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"They're being given as toys without recognition that there may be a serious injury risk," said report author Dr. Danielle Laraque, a New York pediatrician.